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Blink | Jake Haendel's Story

13. The Proxy Trap

Blink | Jake Haendel's Story

Sony Music

True Crime

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Jake’s search for answers pulls him into the unsettling world of Munchausen by proxy—a rare, insidious form of abuse where illness is manufactured for attention. And as he revisits his own medical history, he’s left to wonder: did a real diagnosis conceal something even darker? Content warning: Drug use/abuse, addiction, medical trauma,  child abuse, child loss, pregnancy loss, medical child abuse, death and dying, mental health crises, emotional distress & mature content. https://www.munchausensupport.com/ Resources can be found on our website, blinkthepodcast.com . . . . . Hosted and produced by Corinne Vien Co-created by Jake Haendel Original composition by Michael Marguet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, bingers. It's Ben Bailey Smith here from Kermode-Mayo's Take. Now, there are some amazing stories that are coming to Netflix this month, all of them based on real-life events. And if you love a good doc, like me, then you might be interested in a few of these. First up, coming out on the 9th of May, a deadly American marriage. This is unreal. This story is super complex. It's about this 39-year-old man whose life

0:23.3

has been taken by his 31-year-old wife Molly. Honestly, from the start, I was questioning

0:29.2

absolutely everything because it's such a strange setup. By the end, my jaw was bouncing

0:35.6

off of the top of my shoes. I highly recommend this. Also,

0:39.3

Fred and Rose West, a British horror story. Now, you know the story, we all know the story,

0:43.7

but this doc brings police interview tapes to the screen to help address important unanswered

0:49.0

questions about their crimes. And then there's cold case, the Tylenol murders, which is like a

0:53.5

four-part true crime doc centering around this con artist James Lewis. And then there's Cold Case, the Tylenol murders, just like a four-part true crime doc

0:55.4

centering around this con artist James Lewis. And finally, untold the liver king, the story of

1:00.4

Brian Johnson, who is this social media fitness and ancestral living influencer, who was hit

1:05.9

by scandal and came out the other side. So listen, for the best of amazing true stories,

1:10.7

there's only one

1:11.1

place to go. Netflix. Blink is intended for mature audiences as it discusses topics that can be

1:17.2

upsetting, such as drug use, sexual assault, and emotional and physical violence. This episode

1:23.9

also discusses child abuse, child loss, pregnancy loss, and medical child abuse.

1:30.2

Content warnings for each episode are included in the show notes.

1:33.9

Resources for drug addiction and domestic abuse can be found in the show notes

1:37.8

and on our website, blinkthepodcast.com.

1:41.4

The testimonies and opinions expressed by guests of the show are their own and do not

1:46.0

necessarily reflect the views of myself or affiliates of this podcast. This podcast is the story

1:55.0

of a man who beat the odds, a medical miracle who survived an incurable brain disease after a life marked by sorrow, loss,

2:02.8

and addiction. Each day, Jake pushes himself to rebuild, mind, body, and spirit, refusing to waste

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